Hi All

I use the Avira Free Edition. If I right click on a program or folder there is an option to “Scan selected files with Avira”.

I have got into the habit of scanning every new download with this option and if the download is a Zip file I re-scan the un-Zipped files yet again.

I thought this was a pretty good safeguard against opening any nasty downloads.

Recently I have noticed that some downloads that have passed the original scan test show up as a threat during a regular system scan.

I usually put new downloads on the Desktop so I know where they are till deciding what to do with them. So I know for sure that the files that passed the original scan are the same that highlight as a threat during a normal system scan.

Anyone have any thoughts or better still a solution that will make the “Scan selected files with Avira” work.

D.D.

Wot not one single reply?

D.D.

Its Christmas. I was hoping for something on this as well.

Maybe the threat has been added (ie you updated Avira) between the on demand scan and the system scan.

Maybe the threat has been added (ie you updated Avira) between the on demand scan and the system scan.

That is a possibility I had not thought of, though my automatic updates happen fairly soon after start-up so anything I download later in the day would not have slipped through. But will keep an eye on that.

Have been slogging my way through the AVIRA support and FAQ pages, what a lot of stuff to go through, anyway there were a couple of references to scanning files but no answers that I could figure out – maybe it’s just me!

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While on the subject anyone know how to set Free Download Manager to perform a virus check? When I select Avira I get the message “Unable to find the executable files of the antivirus program you’ve chosen. Please specify yourself” I tried the obvious file from the Avira folder “avscan” but that didn’t work.

Happy New Year

D.D. :-)